Initially my husband and I couldn’t have the room type we had booked and paid a considerable amount extra for. This was sorted on our second night but we were only in NYC for 5 nights so this was a disappointing start. The rest of the holiday was very good until I had to deal with Virgin customer services or lack of service!
The hotel then overcharged us by £1573.99. We tried to get a refund via the hotel but Virgin’s intermediate company meant we could not get the money back direct and we had to deal with Virgin customer services.
It took a significant number of phone calls and emails over two months before I finally managed to get a manger to send me the supposed refund documents but they clearly showed the money had been refunded to a different random account to the one charged.
During this period on three separate occasions customer complaints staff had told me that I would hear back either by a phone message or email on the same day - this never happened.
The manager has never responded to my email responses or when I have tried to speak with her she has never been directly contactable.
After pointing out the account number error I have been refunded £1385.97 and still have £75.65 of interest charges due to the length of time this has gone on for (initial overcharge was on 14/12/18). Therefore, I am still owed £263.67 despite all my efforts and time wasted writing emails and making phone calls - several of which were never even answered.
For a company which supposedly prides itself on customer service I hope very much that this is deemed unacceptable and I hope to get all the money back soon.
6 years ago
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